Female foreign passenger detained with over 8 kg of cocaine at Dhaka airport
Published: 26 August 2025, 1:44:27
Customs intelligence officials have seized more than eight kilograms of cocaine, worth around Tk 130 crore,
from a foreign passenger at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.
The foreign passenger named MS Petula Stafel, a citizen of Guyana, has also been detained. He arrived in Dhaka from Doha by a Qatar Airways flight around 2AM, said Sonia Akter, deputy director of Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate (CIID).
On secret information, a team of CIID conducted a raid at the airport. Later during a search, officials found the cocaine hidden in 22 egg-shaped, foil-wrapped packets, inside the foreigner’s luggage.
Petula arrived here on a visa-on-arrival.
The Customs intelligence said that legal proceedings under criminal and customs laws are underway against the detained passenger.
